{"id":162,"date":"2025-11-05T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T21:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=162"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:06:42","slug":"what-is-mindfulness","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/what-is-mindfulness\/","title":{"raw":"What is mindfulness?","rendered":"What is mindfulness?"},"content":{"raw":"<h4>Joseph Siddiqi<\/h4>\r\nIn this video, Joseph provides an illustrated introduction to mindfulness practice which can be broken down into three overall steps: choose an object, keep it in mind, and skillfully engage with or return to that object.\r\n\r\n[iframe src=\"https:\/\/concordia.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1242514&amp;node=7083945&amp;a=164114572\" width=80%]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/11\/JS_IntroMindfulness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to download a transcript of the video (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n<strong>Related content<\/strong>\r\n<div>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Katrina Grabner\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/orienting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orienting<\/a>\u00a0practice can be one way to engage in mindfulness\u00a0in the classroom<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Gabriela Petrov\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/aimless-wandering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aimless wandering<\/a>\u00a0practice can be one way to engage in mindfulness both within and outside of the classroom<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Anne Archambault\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/three-point-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-point meditation<\/a>\u00a0practice is a way to engage in mindfulness of the body and surroundings in the classroom<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Learn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/awe-and-contemplative-pedagogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how mindfulness and contemplative practices can be a response to awe<\/a>, and how we can incorporate awe into the classroom<\/li>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Donetta Hines has written a piece referencing five core design principles on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/design-principles-of-contemplative-pedagogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to translate contemplative practices into pedagogies<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Consider reading Joseph\u2019s other pieces on mindfulness such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/two-approaches-to-mindfulness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two approaches to mindfulness<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/noticing-the-movement-of-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noticing the movement of attention<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/centering-stillness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centering stillness<\/a>\u00a0practice<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h1>Additional resources<\/h1>\r\n<span class=\"TextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\">Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW63963124 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/books\/about\/Wherever_You_Go_There_You_Are.html?id=-g-OSXrZeYYC&amp;redir_esc=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"><em>Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\"><em>.<\/em> Hachette Books.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW63963124 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span>","rendered":"<h4>Joseph Siddiqi<\/h4>\n<p>In this video, Joseph provides an illustrated introduction to mindfulness practice which can be broken down into three overall steps: choose an object, keep it in mind, and skillfully engage with or return to that object.<\/p>\n<p><!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ --><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/concordia.yuja.com\/V\/Video?v=1242514&#038;node=7083945&#038;a=164114572\" width=\"80%\" height=\"500\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/11\/JS_IntroMindfulness.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to download a transcript of the video (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p><strong>Related content<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Katrina Grabner\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/orienting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">orienting<\/a>\u00a0practice can be one way to engage in mindfulness\u00a0in the classroom<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Gabriela Petrov\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/aimless-wandering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aimless wandering<\/a>\u00a0practice can be one way to engage in mindfulness both within and outside of the classroom<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Anne Archambault\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/three-point-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">three-point meditation<\/a>\u00a0practice is a way to engage in mindfulness of the body and surroundings in the classroom<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Learn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/awe-and-contemplative-pedagogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how mindfulness and contemplative practices can be a response to awe<\/a>, and how we can incorporate awe into the classroom<\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Donetta Hines has written a piece referencing five core design principles on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/design-principles-of-contemplative-pedagogy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to translate contemplative practices into pedagogies<\/a><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"9\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Consider reading Joseph\u2019s other pieces on mindfulness such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/two-approaches-to-mindfulness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two approaches to mindfulness<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/noticing-the-movement-of-attention\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noticing the movement of attention<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/chapter\/centering-stillness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">centering stillness<\/a>\u00a0practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1>Additional resources<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\">Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW63963124 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.ca\/books\/about\/Wherever_You_Go_There_You_Are.html?id=-g-OSXrZeYYC&amp;redir_esc=y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\"><em>Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW63963124 BCX0\"><em>.<\/em> Hachette Books.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW63963124 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-162","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":148,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":858,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/revisions\/858"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/148"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/162\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/opentextbooks.concordia.ca\/contemplative-pedagogy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}